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Strong's #4582 - σελήνη
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σελήν-η, ἡ,
Dor. σελάνα [λᾱ] Pi. O. 10.75, Aeol. σελάννα Sapph. 3,53; cf. also σεληναίη: —
the moon, ς. πλήθουσα the full- moon, Il. 18.484; ς. ἀεξομένη, ὀλίγη κεράεσσι, Arat. 780, 733; a moon's breadth, measure used by early astronomers, Ptol. Alm. 9.10; νουμηνία κατὰ σελήνην, i.e. by the lunar month, Th. 2.28, cf. SIG 683.44 (ii B.C.); τὰς ἡμέρας κατὰ ς. ἄγειν D.L. 1.59, cf. PHib. 1.27.42 (iii B.C.); πρὸς τὴν ς. ὁρᾶν by moonlight, And. 1.38, cf. X. HG 5.1.9; ἐν σελήνῃ Ach.Tat. 3.2; ἡ ἐκ τῆς ς. νόσος,= σεληνιασμός, Ael. NA 14.27; τὴν ς. καθελεῖν, of Thessalian witches, Ar. Nu. 750, cf. Pl. Grg. 513a, Sosiph. 1 . month, δεκάτῃ σελήνῃ in the tenth moon, E. El. 1126, cf. Alc. 431, Tr. 1075 (lyr.); πολλὰς ς . Id. Hel. 114; τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ς . Astramps. Orac. p.3 H.; ὁρῶν ἄγουσαν τὴν ς. εἰκάδας Ar. Numbers 17:1-13 .
2. a moon-shaped wheaten cake, E. Fr. 350, cf. Alciphr. 2.4, Poll. 6.76 .
3. a round table, or tripod, Ath. 11.489d .
4. name of a plant, Ps.- Plu. Fluv. 18.5; cf. σελήνιον 11 .
II as fem. pr. n., Selene, the goddess of the moon (never in Hom. ), Hes. Th. 371, h.Merc. 100, etc. ( σελήνη ( σελάνα, σελάννα ) fr. Σελάς-νᾱ, cf. σέλας .)
σελήνη, σελήνης, ἡ (from σέλας brightness), from Homer down, Hebrew יָרֵחַ, the moon: Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Acts 2:20; 1 Corinthians 15:41; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 12:1; Revelation 21:23.
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σελήνη , -ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3394 (Genesis 37:9, al.), also for H3842; ((10), ?Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah 30:26);] the moon: Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:24, Luke 21:25, Acts 2:20 (LXX), 1 Corinthians 15:41, Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 12:1; Revelation 21:23.†
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The only citation for this word which we can supply from our sources is P Petr II. 17 (4).6 (iii/B.C.) ἐσπάρασσεν, but the broken nature of the context makes it impossible to determine the exact meaning. For the word = ";throw on the ground"; in Mark 1:26 see Swete’s note ad l. In Herodas V. 57 the verb is = ";maul,"; cf. ib. VIII. 25. A good example of the metaph. use is afforded by Teles p. 19.5 φαίνεται γὰρ ἡ Ξανθίππη ὀξυρεγμίᾳ σπαράσσειν ἡμᾶς (Socrates addressing Alcibiades). For the subst. σπάραγμα a used collectively see Syll 583 (= .3 996).31 (c. i/A.D. ?) τὴν. . θεμελίωσιν ἐν τετραγώνῳ διὰ σπαράγματος.
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